(Seguin) — This year’s holiday performance at the historic Texas Theatre will bring the Scrooge to the stage. Tickets are now on sale for this year’s holiday production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Director Sheila Lucas says the cast and crew are excited about bringing the music and lyrics of Keith Ferguson and Bruce Greer to this year’s audience. She says a giant group of community members have again put in the work necessary to bring to life this popular Christmas story.
“We’ve got 50 people on stage and everybody is related. Theater is family. We’ve got so many family units involved this year and it’s just been delightful and so many new friends. We have new faces in the show that are incredibly talented. Joseph Adam Medina for one– just popped into rehearsals and he has just been a joy and he is so talented and local and this is my first chance to really work with Greg Dew who is local and extremely talented and then of course, all of our regulars are there too,” said Lucas.
Lucas says from the very beginning, everyone agreed that this show must be done in the most detailed fashion.
“We are struggling to make sure the costumes are right. You know, we have begged, borrowed, stolen (and) bought. We have done everything to get the costumes to be extraordinary and we are hoping that Seguin will notice and talk about it. So, we’ve got some special effects. We have glorious lighting and we are excited about it. It’s a big show,” said Lucas.
Lucas says adding that extra Christmas joy will, of course, be the music.
“The choral numbers when they all sing together, it sounds like heaven. I mean it’s a glorious sound. We have some very very talented vocalists in this show and they get to show off. So, that’s quite extraordinary and I’m loving that. We all love the music. We all go home singing it. We wake up singing it and so it’s amazing just to sit in the theater and listen to the vocals. They are quite amazing,” said Lucas.
The group will also be adding a Monday performance to its show schedule. Lucas says she is hoping that the schedule will accommodate everyone who wants to begin their Christmas celebration exactly one week earlier.
“We are going to have a Monday evening performance. We are closing on a Monday rather than having two shows in one day. It is a pretty hard show and so I think it was better on the cast not to do a Saturday matinee and then when we polled people about our Monday, they went, ‘that’s great. School is out. We’ve got nothing to do. It’s perfect,” said Lucas.
Showtimes are at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday. A 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee will also be performed. Tickets are $20 reserved seating or $15 general admission. Tickets can be purchased at Gift & Gourmet; Keepers Interiors or at the Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce. Tickets online are available at thetexas.org.
The Texas Theatre is located 425 N. Austin St.